Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Five tips for Orchid water

One of the most difficult factors in managing orchids determines how often to water. Even the most experienced breeders have bothered to know when the plant for water is ready. The following are some tips for the Orchid, irrigation.

1. If actively orchids grow the plant needs more water than if it is in a State of rest.While the process of active known as transpiration increases. transpiration the process in the moisture has evaporated by the leaves and more water is perfectly absorbed through the leaves.

2. Unrest orchids need that part before irrigation dried be.In their natural habitats, orchids rest in times when the weather is hairdryer about ist.So during the winter months the plant into a water conservation mode. On good irrigation every two or three weeks the plants mimics natural environment.

3. A general rule is the typical Orchid water twice a week during the growing season and once every two or three weeks it while resting. Depending on type and plant this must be adjusted. There are two basic types of terrestrial and Epiphytic.Orchids grow in loose soil and ground cover to the forest or jungle ground during Epiphytic in crevices of the rocks and crooks trees wachsen.Wenn orchids get too much water the bulbs will rot and too little will dehydrate the onions. Epiphytic grow tall in the tropics where the humidity and moisture is plentiful. Some epiphytic plants need a little more frequently soak.

4. Increase, irrigation, when new growth appears in the spring. Keep a close eye on the Earth or the bark used to determine moisture for potting soils during new growth.The bark used can absorb much moisture, fooled to think it is useful tool to trocken.Ein for those at the beginning of moisture amounts to is potting soil to determine media to have an empty pot with the same media in it.Empty water both annexed pot.Then you can use your finger to determine whether the moisture content is high enough not to water is to dig into the empty pot.This is a humidity indication to judge.

5. Indication of irrigation too little or too much is flabby foliage or pseudo lamps geschrumpft.Wenn do glide the plant out of the pot without busting the roots for Nässe.Es are wet Kompost.untersuchen or rotting to irrigation verlangsamen.Wenn you dried and dying are consider potions. mature plants often since it will age roots, which of course to die, but as a whole the roots should moist but not wet.

The best practice is, some research on orchids, a kind of grow, can find nearby easily deploy can, and usually can more specific orchid of watering information.

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1 comment:

Ellen Reader said...

I had a hard time following your article. I think maybe you translated incorrectly.

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